IMAS Metadata Catalogue
Seamap Australia - national seafloor habitat V1.0
The Seamap Australia spatial data layer is a nationally synthesised data product of seafloor marine habitat data. Australian continental shelf benthic habitat layers in GIS format were collected from various stakeholders around the country. Through compiling all of these data sets, we established a controlled vocabulary, reviewed by ANDS and external independent assessors, to produce a national classification of marine habitats. This national marine habitat classification scheme complements work undertaken by the National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub (Theme D).
The Seamap Australia product is of national importance and highlights the diversity of benthic habitats around our marine estate. This is the first edition of a seafloor marine habitat data layer that seamlessly brings together data from each of Australia’s state and territory marine habitat databases. Seamap Australia is a constantly evolving product as we continuously improve our skills in standardising, collating and sharing marine spatial data.
This record describes a static version of the Seamap Australia national data layer as of 28/11/2018. The most current version of the data is available from the Seamap Australia website [ http://seamapaustralia.org/map]. We envisage that the 'live' product will be constantly developed and updated as future surveys continue to improve our knowledge of our vast marine estate.
Simple
Identification info
- Date (Publication)
- 2018-11-09
- Edition
- V1.0 [current version]
Identifier
- Title
- Information and documentation - Digital object identifier system
- Citation identifier
- ISO 26324:2012
- Codespace
- doi.org
- Description
- Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Principal investigator
Collaborator
Collaborator
Collaborator
Collaborator
- ISBN
- 978-1-925646-62-7
- Credit
- All marine data providers are listed in the Appendix of the report [see Online Resources section of this record].
- Credit
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS)
- Credit
- Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
- Credit
- Australian National Data Service (ANDS)
- Credit
- Seamap Australia would not have been possible without the contribution of source datasets from the following providers [see downloaded data product for specific ownership details]: • CSIRO • Geoscience Australia (GA) • Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) • National Environmental Science Program (NESP) • Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute (TAFI) • UniDive (The University of Queensland Underwater Club) • Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Northern Territory Government • Department of Land Resource Management (DLRM), Northern Territory Government • Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR), South Australian Government • Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing (DNPSR), Queensland Government • Department of Natural Resources and Mines (DNRM), Queensland Government • Department of Primary Industries (DPI), Queensland Government • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Queensland Government • Department of Primary Industries (DPI), New South Wales Government • Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), New South Wales Government • Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), Victorian Government • Department of Environment Regulation (DER), Western Australian Government • Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPAW), Western Australian Government • Department of Water (DoW), Western Australian Government • Deakin University (DU) • Griffith University (GU) • James Cook University (JCU) • The University of Queensland (UQ) • The University of Western Australia (UWA)
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Topic category
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- Boundaries
- Biota
- Oceans
Extent
))
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 1967-01-01 2017-06-30
- Global Change Master Directory Earth Science Keywords, Version 8.5
- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
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- Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
- Environmental Management
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- DATA NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION PURPOSES.
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png
License Graphic
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License Text
- Other constraints
- Cite data as: Lucieer, V., Johnson, C., Walsh, P., Flukes, E., Butler, C., & Proctor, R. (2018). Seamap Australia - national seafloor habitat V1.0 (Version 1.0) [Dataset]. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. https://doi.org/10.25959/5C06FC1BEDED6
- Other constraints
- The data described in this record are the intellectual property of the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania. See downloaded data product for specific ownership of source datasets.
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Supplemental Information
- Butler, C., Lucieer, V., Flukes, E., Walsh, P., and Johnson, C (2017) Seamap Australia: A review of marine benthic habitat classification schemes and development of a national benthic classification model. Final Report to the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) High Values Collection #19. University of Tasmania. ISBN: 978-1-925646-62-7
Content Information
- Content type
- Physical measurement
- Name
- Benthic physical habitat
- Name
- NAT_HAB_CL
Identifier
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- Shapefile
- OnLine resource
- INFO - Seamap Australia column descriptions
- OnLine resource
- DATA ACCESS - Seamap Australia v1.0 [Shapefile ~280MB]
- OnLine resource
- REPORT - Seamap Australia final report [inc. full methodologies]
- OnLine resource
- Seamap Australia interactive web mapping portal
Resource lineage
- Statement
- A full report outlining the methods utilised to create the Seamap Australia spatial data layer is available online at https://seamapaustralia.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Seamap-Australia-Report_18_12_11.pdf
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Process step
- Description
- To access all the component data used to synthesise the national Seamap Australia data layer, see http://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/en/metadata.show?uuid=4739e4b0-4dba-4ec5-b658-02c09f27ab9a (and view 'Child Metadata'). Note that a small degree of spatial simplification was conducted for source datasets of very high spatial resolution (e.g. multibeam surveys). Refer to the list of source data records for full-resolution data in its native habitat classification.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Platform
Identifier
- Code
- research vessel
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Platform
Identifier
- Code
- research aeroplane
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Platform
Identifier
- Code
- human
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- urn:uuid/fd6f2aed-eba5-4e60-888a-480b2078e513
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
-
https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/fd6f2aed-eba5-4e60-888a-480b2078e513
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2021-06-16T23:53:35
- Date info (Revision)
- 2026-10-25T18:06:59
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018
Overviews
Spatial extent
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